Dr. Stephanie Estima

I know, I know. Yeah, heavy is such a subjective term. So if you're new to the gym, you know, like I was saying before, the 10 pound weights for lunges might be the best weight for you. But if you're still at 10 pounds, like six months later, you're not using some of the principles of progressive overload. Heavy, like I said, and like you said, very subjective.

The weight literally doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that you have good form and technique. That's the only thing I care about. And that you're approaching muscle failure. Those are like the two things. So for you, you have PA, right? You have psoriatic arthritis, which is an autoimmune condition where we see active destruction of the joints.

The weight literally doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that you have good form and technique. That's the only thing I care about. And that you're approaching muscle failure. Those are like the two things. So for you, you have PA, right? You have psoriatic arthritis, which is an autoimmune condition where we see active destruction of the joints.

The weight literally doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that you have good form and technique. That's the only thing I care about. And that you're approaching muscle failure. Those are like the two things. So for you, you have PA, right? You have psoriatic arthritis, which is an autoimmune condition where we see active destruction of the joints.

So for you, I would even layer on top of that when we're talking about arthritides. So like PA, RA, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis.

So for you, I would even layer on top of that when we're talking about arthritides. So like PA, RA, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis.

So for you, I would even layer on top of that when we're talking about arthritides. So like PA, RA, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis.

The other goal for someone who has an arthritide, in addition to what we just talked about, is actually preserving range of motion because we know that there's a progressive destruction of the joints, either in between the bones in the capsule or the bones themselves become deformed and then sort of late stage disease. We actually see both of those things happen.

The other goal for someone who has an arthritide, in addition to what we just talked about, is actually preserving range of motion because we know that there's a progressive destruction of the joints, either in between the bones in the capsule or the bones themselves become deformed and then sort of late stage disease. We actually see both of those things happen.

The other goal for someone who has an arthritide, in addition to what we just talked about, is actually preserving range of motion because we know that there's a progressive destruction of the joints, either in between the bones in the capsule or the bones themselves become deformed and then sort of late stage disease. We actually see both of those things happen.

So for you, it's not even about lifting heavy, like the eight pounds actually might be excellent for you as long as your range of motion is full and pain-free, right? So whatever your range of motion is in that pain-free range, because a lot of, and I've dealt with a lot, a lot, a lot of women with arthritis.

So for you, it's not even about lifting heavy, like the eight pounds actually might be excellent for you as long as your range of motion is full and pain-free, right? So whatever your range of motion is in that pain-free range, because a lot of, and I've dealt with a lot, a lot, a lot of women with arthritis.

So for you, it's not even about lifting heavy, like the eight pounds actually might be excellent for you as long as your range of motion is full and pain-free, right? So whatever your range of motion is in that pain-free range, because a lot of, and I've dealt with a lot, a lot, a lot of women with arthritis.

That's the other thing that we get hit with in our menopausal years is like all these arthritic issues. diseases. So you want to be thinking about a range of motion, ideally full range of motion, but if full range of motion isn't available to you, whatever pain-free range of motion you can do with an aim over time to extend that. And that doesn't necessarily mean progressing with weights.

That's the other thing that we get hit with in our menopausal years is like all these arthritic issues. diseases. So you want to be thinking about a range of motion, ideally full range of motion, but if full range of motion isn't available to you, whatever pain-free range of motion you can do with an aim over time to extend that. And that doesn't necessarily mean progressing with weights.

That's the other thing that we get hit with in our menopausal years is like all these arthritic issues. diseases. So you want to be thinking about a range of motion, ideally full range of motion, but if full range of motion isn't available to you, whatever pain-free range of motion you can do with an aim over time to extend that. And that doesn't necessarily mean progressing with weights.

It just means progressing with the range, like either passive range. So a practitioner is doing this for you or active where you are engaging your muscles to move

It just means progressing with the range, like either passive range. So a practitioner is doing this for you or active where you are engaging your muscles to move

It just means progressing with the range, like either passive range. So a practitioner is doing this for you or active where you are engaging your muscles to move

uh whatever whatever uh joint or capsule that we're talking about so active and passive range of motion we want to be protecting both of those things yes um yeah so that that's how i would qualify like how heavy should i lift is like do you have an arthritide if you do